Letters to the Editor: Sunday, November 24, 2013

A poem, ‘Alone’… Courthouse’s American flag is too tattered to be flown

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The Daily Telegram - Adrian, MI

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Posted Nov. 24, 2013 at 9:00 AM

Posted Nov. 24, 2013 at 9:00 AM

A poem, ‘Alone’

To the editor,

In a way perhaps I am not alone. I know there are a lot of people out there who wonder why the world has forsaken them. No jobs, no homes, no hope.

I am sure they are wondering, as I do, what happened to the most wonderful country in the world. My only thought is one word, “greed”! Perhaps we should do away with money and go back to the barter system. I guess not.

Jerry Eggleston

Adrian

“Alone”

By Jerry Eggleston

As I sit here wrapped in the solitude of reverie

A plight of my own making

Yearning for a friend to share a tad of memory

To keep my heart from aching

I walk the wooded trails

I wander the rooms of the house,

Searching, searching for the Grail

Creeping in the shadows like a mouse

Only to find I am still alone with my reflections

Alone as the wind in the trees

Alone with the declarations

Of mundane worthless theories

You must have an attachment of sorts

Or life just goes on without meaning

Without a chart or course

You are lost in the ether and dreaming

It’s so sad to be alone

Perhaps if I had a mate

To look at the seeds

I’ve sown it would still be my fate

I love my fellow man

My heart is not of stone

It was not my plan

To walk my path alone.

Courthouse’s American flag is too tattered to be flown

To the editor,

I am writing in regard to the great American flag that flies above the courthouse in Adrian. I am a Vietnam vet and I find it very disheartening that our great flag should be allowed to fly so torn as it is. It should never be allowed to be displayed in this condition. I’m sure many others share my feelings. I do hope it is replaced soon.